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Comet
Status
Not Following
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NEODSYS
UTC date
------------ Any 1.0m ------------
LSC 1.0m - W85-87; (CTIO, Chile)
ELP 1.0m - V37,V39; (McDonald, Texas)
COJ 1.0m - Q63-64; (Siding Spring, Aust.)
CPT 1.0m - K91-93; (Sutherland, S. Africa)
TFN 1.0m - Z31,Z24; (Tenerife, Spain)
------------ Any 0.4m ------------
LSC 0.4m - W89,W79; (CTIO, Chile)
ELP 0.4m - V38,V45,V47; (McDonald, Texas)
OGG 0.4m - T03-04; (Maui, Hawaii)
COJ 0.4m - Q58-59; (Siding Spring, Aust.)
CPT 0.4m - L09; (Sutherland, S. Africa)
TFN 0.4m - Z17,Z21; (Tenerife, Spain)
------------ Any 2.0m ------------
FTS 2.0m - E10; (Siding Spring, Aust.) [MuSCAT4]
FTN 2.0m - F65; (Maui, Hawaii ) [MuSCAT3]
------------ Non LCO ------------
Mt John 1.8m - 474 (Mt John, NZ)
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Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
50668.0
Aug. 8, 1997
Orbital inclination in deg
122.968328161198
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
277.0760499333405
Arg of perihelion (deg)
98.95456138653041
Eccentricity
0.9909911278901311
Perihelion distance (AU)
2.3021309
Epoch of perihelion
May 3, 1997, 7:16 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
50571.80323
Total Magnitude (M1)
8.3
Slope Parameter (k1)
23.75
Physical Parameters
Follow-up Details
Number of observations
497
Arc length (days)
885.00
Spectroscopy Details
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